1971 PGA Tour

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The 1971 PGA Tour season was played from January 7 to December 12. The season consisted of 44 official money events. Lee Trevino won the most tournaments, six, and there were 10 first-time winners. The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

[edit] Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1971 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.

Date Tournament Location Winner Score 1st Prize ($)
Jan 10 Glen Campbell-Los Angeles Open California Flag of the United States Bob Lunn (5) 274 (-10) 22,000
Jan 17 Bing Crosby National Pro-Am California Flag of the United States Tom Shaw (3) 278 (-10) 27,000
Jan 24 Phoenix Open Arizona Flag of the United States Miller Barber (6) 261 (-23) 25,000
Jan 31 Andy Williams-San Diego Open Invitational California Flag of the United States George Archer (7) 272 (-16) 30,000
Feb 7 Hawaiian Open Hawaii Flag of the United States Tom Shaw (4) 273 (-15) 40,000
Feb 14 Bob Hope Desert Classic California Flag of the United States Arnold Palmer (58) 342 (-18) 28,000
Feb 21 Tucson Open Invitational Arizona Flag of the United States J. C. Snead (1) 273 (-15) 22,000
Feb 28 PGA Championship Florida Flag of the United States Jack Nicklaus (34) 281 (-7) 40,000
Mar 7 Doral-Eastern Open Invitational Florida Flag of the United States J. C. Snead (2) 275 (-13) 30,000
Mar 14 Florida Citrus Invitational Florida Flag of the United States Arnold Palmer (59) 270 (-18) 30,000
Mar 21 Greater Jacksonville Open Florida Flag of South Africa Gary Player (14) 281 (-7) 25,000
Mar 28 National Airlines Open Invitational Florida Flag of South Africa Gary Player (15) 274 (-14) 40,000
Apr 4 Greater Greensboro Open North Carolina Flag of the United States Bud Allin (1) 275 (-9) 38,000
Apr 11 Masters Georgia Flag of the United States Charles Coody (3) 279 (-9) 25,000
Apr 18 Monsanto Open Florida Flag of the United States Gene Littler (23) 276 (-8) 30,000
Apr 25 Tournament of Champions California Flag of the United States Jack Nicklaus (35) 279 (-9) 33,000
Apr 25 Tallahassee Open Invitational Florida Flag of the United States Lee Trevino (6) 273 (-15) 12,000
May 2 Greater New Orleans Open Invitational Louisiana Flag of the United States Frank Beard (11) 276 (-12) 25,000
May 6 Byron Nelson Golf Classic Texas Flag of the United States Jack Nicklaus (36) 274 (-6) 25,000
May 16 Houston Champions International Texas Flag of the United States Hubert Green (1) 280 (-4) 25,000
May 23 Colonial National Invitation Texas Flag of the United States Gene Littler (24) 283 (3) 25,000
May 30 Danny Thomas Memphis Classic Tennessee Flag of the United States Lee Trevino (7) 268 (-12) 35,000
Jun 6 Atlanta Classic Georgia Flag of the United States Gardner Dickinson (7) 275 (-13) 25,000
Jun 13 Kemper Open North Carolina Flag of the United States Tom Weiskopf (3) 277 (-11) 30,000
Jun 21 U.S. Open Pennsylvania Flag of the United States Lee Trevino (8) 280 (E) 30,000
Jun 27 Cleveland Open Ohio Flag of the United States Bobby Mitchell (1) 262 (-22) 30,000
Jul 4 Canadian Open Canada Flag of the United States Lee Trevino (9) 275 (-13) 30,000
Jul 10 British Open England Flag of the United States Lee Trevino (10) 278 (-14) 13,200
Jul 11 Greater Milwaukee Open Wisconsin Flag of the United States Dave Eichelberger (1) 270 (-14) 25,000
Jul 18 Western Open Illinois Flag of Australia Bruce Crampton (9) 279 (-5) 30,000
Jul 25 Westchester Classic New York Flag of the United States Arnold Palmer (60) 270 (-18) 50,000
Aug 2 National Team Championship Pennsylvania Flag of the United States Jack Nicklaus (37)
Flag of the United States Arnold Palmer (61)
257 (-27) 20,000
each
Aug 8 American Golf Classic Ohio Flag of the United States Jerry Heard (1) 275 (-5) 30,000
Aug 18 Massachusetts Classic Massachusetts Flag of the United States Dave Stockton (5) 275 (-13) 33,000
Aug 22 IVB-Philadelphia Golf Classic Pennsylvania Flag of the United States Tom Weiskopf (4) 274 (-14) 30,000
Aug 29 Liggett & Myers Open Match Play Championship North Carolina Flag of the United States DeWitt Weaver (1) 71 to 77 35,000
Sep 6 Greater Hartford Open Invitational Connecticut Flag of the United States George Archer (8) 268 (-16) 22,000
Sep 12 Southern Open Georgia Flag of the United States Johnny Miller (1) 267 (-13) 20,000
Sep 26 Robinson Open Golf Classic Illinois Flag of the United States Labron Harris, Jr. (1) 274 (-10) 20,000
Oct 24 Kaiser International Open Invitational California Flag of the United States Billy Casper (48) 269 (-19) 30,000
Oct 31 Sahara Invitational Nevada Flag of the United States Lee Trevino (11) 280 (-8) 27,000
Nov 28 Sea Pines Heritage Classic South Carolina Flag of the United States Hale Irwin (1) 279 (-5) 22,000
Dec 6 Walt Disney World Open Invitational Florida Flag of the United States Jack Nicklaus (38) 273 (-15) 30,000
Dec 12 Bahamas National Open Bahamas Flag of the United States Bob Goalby (11) 275 (-9) 26,000

[edit] Awards

Award Winner Country
Money winner Jack Nicklaus Flag of the United States United States
PGA Player of the Year Lee Trevino Flag of the United States United States
Scoring leader (Vardon Trophy) Lee Trevino Flag of the United States United States

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